Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Deerslayer, endpaper illustration
Alternate Title(s):Indians on Otsego Rock
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1925
Dimensions:
27 1/4 × 40 in. (69.2 × 101.6 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1214
Research Number: NCW: 1214
InscribedLower right.: W (with a dot under each point); written on reverse of canvas: DEERSLAYER / END PAPERS / 11802 / 2 color / 14 1/2 / 14 1/2 x 9 3/4
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY; W. B. Bonbright, London, England and descended in family; (?); (James Graham & Sons, New York, 1967; (?); Private collection, Montchanin, DE and descended in family
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 202; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.993, p. 476
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds the copy of the edition Wyeth read in preparation for this commission (NCWS.95.189).
In an article for The English Journal, Ruth Teuscher noted that Wyeth's illustrations for some of the classics "have great pictorial beauty aside from their value as illustrations." A footnote included the information that original paintings for The Deerslayer could be purchased from the artist through Scribner's for "about $500." (Ruth Teuscher, "Illustrated Books for Boys and Girls," The English Journal, vol. XVI, no. 8 (Oct. 1927), p. 608-609 ).
In an article for The English Journal, Ruth Teuscher noted that Wyeth's illustrations for some of the classics "have great pictorial beauty aside from their value as illustrations." A footnote included the information that original paintings for The Deerslayer could be purchased from the artist through Scribner's for "about $500." (Ruth Teuscher, "Illustrated Books for Boys and Girls," The English Journal, vol. XVI, no. 8 (Oct. 1927), p. 608-609 ).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 2/2001